Professor Shanku O El Dorado

The whole movie is just a joke. No character build up. Funny actings all over.

First 45 min is boring as hell. I think holographic conversation, finding diary, Suitcase of Biswas these were overstretched and unnecessary.

It is somewhat good after that.

This was a tough one takes guts for a regional director to take the risk. Good acting clean direction with some flaws. Being a Shonku fan I am happy

While the storyline is quite good, the presentation lacks the zing required for a modern Cinema experience largely. Visuals of the Brazil landscape are the main attraction, but has been underplayed.

Anaconda scene, ElDorado scenes could have been longer and more spectacular.

Dialogues delivery is much too slow, deliberate and uninteresting across the board.

Unnecessary scenes are too lengthy. Hotel scenes should have been a minimum, while adventure in Amazon Forest, ElDorado should have been emphasized.

Does the director really have to spend so much time on characters introducing themselves to each other, painfully slowly. Who does that in real life ?!

My review is purely based on my perspective as an audience. I do read good stories as well. 1. This character of Shoku by Satyajit Ray has a nostalgic value for most of Bengali children of the 80s and 90s. Portraying him with mobile phones and laptops doesn't really strike the right cord. 2. Using VfX should be logical and shouldn't be used unnecessarily. Like there is a scene where Shonku dials or saves number from a holographic gadget. Why? If you have more convenient mobile phone. The teleconference by a holographic projector seemed unconvincing. It would have been better if all the guys were sitting as normal instead of floating over the table. Eg. In Avenger movies. 3. The screenplay was so boring that I had to fast forward a lot. The scenes of people travelling were... of only them travelling and driving, nothing else. 4. The story should have taken place in the 80s. 5. The acting all around was mediocre. Seemed like the casting director had hired some foreign tourists with elementary acting skills. 6. Only good part is the effort put in and indeed the professionals behind the camera have worked hard but the whole thing fell apart due to poor conceptualizing and screenplay.